GRP Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge 2025 (Up-to 50,000 USD)

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Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), together with Shockwave Foundation and Munich Re Foundation, invite agricultural innovators in East Africa to apply for the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge.

After two successful rounds of the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge, they are pleased to be teaming up with Shockwave Foundation and Munich Re Foundation on round III. RAIN aims to convert seed-level innovative agricultural ideas that are meeting resilience needs in East Africa and scale them to sustainable business ideas of interest to private investors and funders.

RAIN serves as a platform to support and amplify agricultural innovations in East Africa as they uniquely address challenges they face within their communities.

They are looking for innovative and scalable nature positive solutions that drive investment in ecosystems and increase resilience while delivering a return on investment. The initiatives must build resilience for the most impacted by climate shocks and stresses, and include a focus on gender, equity and human rights, and protect biodiversity.

Funding Information

Winners will receive up-to 50,000 USD to scale their projects.

Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge Benefits

Selected projects will receive customised support to maximise their potential for impact, scalability and investability. They will benefit from a program of tailored mentoring, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), communications and leadership support to make their project ‘funding-ready’. They will be connected to potential investors and partners from across the GRP network.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible an application must meet the following criteria:

Be a nature-positive solution or business model that builds resilience in the most impacted communities and places in East Africa.
The solution offers a potentially profitable revenue model.
Be located in East Africa (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda).
The team has proven conservation and business experience.
Gender, equity, human rights and biodiversity considerations are included.
The solution does no harm (i.e., has no negative impacts on communities or ecosystems it is designed to build resilience in).